Ratchet-wrench.



' PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

0 MILLER RATCHBT WRENGH. APPLICATION PILED 60T.13,1905.

CIIARLES M1LLER OF SYEACUSE, .JE"VV YORK, ASSGNR T0 ELIZABETH M. DAMES.

Speoification o3. Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filod Ootobor 13,1905. Serin. No. 282.533.

new and useiul RatohehWronoh, ofWhioh 111e foilowing is a specifioaion.

My invention hfiJ'G1iLS object che prodno tion of a,raichotwronoh Which is partien larly simple and cheap in construction and highly effective in use; and bo this end it Con' sists in the eo1nbinations and means horoin' afler fuiiy pointed out and oiaimed.

1n dosoribing this invention referenoe is had 3o ohe aoomnpanying drawing, in which iike oharaoters designate corresponding parts in ali ihe views.

Figures 1 and 2 are respeotivelytop pian and side elovation ofa preferable construction oi .my wrenoh, a portion of the handlo broken away. Fig. 3 is.an elevation, partly in section, of a portion of the wrenoh, one? of the side menfiers being romoved. Fig. 1 is an inner face view of part of one o the side mombers. Fig. 5 is a section on line A, F 1{L 5:}. F 1g. 6 18 a, seotional view of the detached wreohhead. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the detached sooket. Fig. 8 is a transverse section on line B B, Fig; 2.

The iiiustrated'embodiment of my invention comprises a wrench-head, a socket sup ported by the head, opposite side members fox suppmting the wrench-head, and a handle seourod to the side membero.

"1ho wrenohhead 1 and the soeket 2 are of any desiraide i'orm, size, and construction and are preforabiy formed, respeotively, With 1 a perforation 3 and a shank 41 of leotangnial oross--seci ion substantiaiiy fitting eaoh other. 0no side of the perforation 3 is provided With a iongthwiso groove 5, whioh 1eeeives a fini; spring 6, having one end engaged by suitabie moans fox pemanenti securing the spring to the part, as the wrenohhead 1, prbvided With the perforation 3, and having its other and formed substantially bowshaped and extonded outwaxdly into the perforation 3 foi engaging the shank 1 and frictionaly se ouring the soeket 2 to the Wrenchhead 1.

In the preferable .construction of my wrenoh each side. member 7 is forrfied with a bearing 8 for the hub on the wrench-head and With a cheekpiece 9, provided wibh front and rear inWardly-projecting shoulders 16 11 and their extensions. 12 from the sidewaiis of ohannels 14 in the op osing faces of the side members 7, these o annels being gonoraily arranged With the line of their axes ai; oneside of the axis of the bearings 8, formed With 'end walls 15 and their other ends open.

Tbe handie 16 is arrangd between the cheek-pieoes 9 in the chamois 14 and is engaged With the inner faces of the shoulders 10 11 and th extensions 12 and withthe end 1 7 18, scoute the handl'e 1 6 to the side members 7, the sorews- 17 being extended through the cheek-pieces and longitudinally through the extensions 12 and the screw 18 extending through the handle 16, substantially midway between handle 16 usua ly comprises a tube of rectangular cross-section and hasone of its inne1 longitudinai faces aIianged substantialiy radially relativeiy to the ax1s of the bearings 8. A pawl19 is sl idably fitted within the -tubular handle 16 and its workin face20 of the handle 16 and is also arranged substantially radially'relatively tothe axis of the bearmg 8. A spring 21 is interposed between one end of the pawl 19 and the sorew 18 and serves to hold said pawl in operative position.

As Wili be obvious to those skilled in the ,art, the parts of my Wrench, and particularly the side members 7 and the handle 16 are oheapiy mannfactured and requi1e a minimum amount of fitting, and the entire'wrench is light in weight and strong and durable in use. A

provided with front and rear inwardl5 poof one side member engaging portions 015 the Walis 15. Suitable fastening means, as screws' o})posit sides thereofr. Said movabie along Said' inner longitu inal face wrenohhead, each of said m6xbers;being jecting shoulders, portions of the sho ers Iho. construction and operation of my scribed.

- wrench-head, each of said members being v side members formed with bearings '01 the shoulders of the other side member, a handle engaging the inner faces of the front and rear shoulders, and means for securing the side members and the handle together,-substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A ratchet-Wrench comprising opposite side members formed With bearings for the wrenchhead, each of said members being provided With front and rear inwardly-projecting shouldes having their ends adjacent said bearings formed With extensions projecting toward the opposing side member, 21 handle engaging the inner faces of the front and rear shoulders, and means for securing the side members and the handle together, substantially as and for the purpose de- 3. A =ratchet-wrnch comprising opposite side membcrs formed With bearings for the wrench-head, each of said members being provided with front and 'rear iniwardiy-projecting shoulders having their ends adjacent said -bearings formed With extensions project ing-toward the opposing side member, a han dle engaging the inner faces et the front and rear shoulders, and means for securing the side members and the handle together, said means including fastening members passed longitudinally through the extensions, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

4. A ratchet-wrench comprising opposite side members formed with bearings for the provided with front and rear inwardly-pr j ecting s'houldrs,a handle comprismg a tube angular in cross-section engagmg the inner faces et the front and 'rear shoulders, and meansf0rsecuring the side mcmbers and the handle together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. A ratchetwrench comprising 0 posite wrench1ead, a handle between the side members cotnprising a tube angular in crosssection,'means for securing the side members andthe handle together,and a pawl Within the angular handle slidably fitted thereto,

7. A ratchet-wrnch comprisingnppcsite side niembers formed -with bearings 101 the wrenchhead and with lengthwise channels, said channels being arranged with=.thelineof their axes at one side of theaxis ofsaid bear ings, and a handle secnged within the channels, substantially as:andfor the:purpose set torth.

8. A ratchetwrench comprisingnpposite side members formed With bearings for the wrench head and with check -Lpieces, each cheek,piece being provided with :frontand rear inwardly-projecting shoulders having,

their ends adjacent said bearings formed with extensions projecting toward the opposing side member, a handle between.=the cheek pieces engaging the innerfaces of-th fiont and rear shoulders, said handle comprising a tube rectangular in cross-section,.faste1fln means passed through the chekpecesan said extension, a fastening member :passed through the check-piecesand the handle, a pawl within the tubular handlepandaspfing between the paWl and the fastening member, substantiallyas and for the:pnrpose described; In testimony where0f -I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two-attesting witnesses, at Syracuse,.in the county of Onondaa, in the State of New York,this 10th day 0? October, 1905.

CHARLES MILLER. Witnesses: S. DAVIS, F. G. BODELL. 

